Open / Start a School in India and CBSE Affiliation

Starting a CBSE SCHOOL in India

Any school which is affiliated to the state board and has the ‘No Objection Certificate from the State can apply for CBSE Affiliation. Let us go through this post and understand how can you start a CBSE School in India.

Schools in India has to function as a “NOT FOR PROFIT” in the form of Society / Trust or a Section 8 company. I have written a separate post on the formation of the Trust & Society. Click Here to read about it.

How much does it cost to build and run a school?

The minimum land requirement by CBSE is 1.5 Acres but there is a host of factors which can play a part in this requirement such as Type of City, Population, Location of the land, Type of Property etc.

(For Secondary Level)
In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata,
Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh
or the State of Sikkim or the Islands

1600

12

(For Senior Secondary Level)
In the Municipal Limits of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai Or the state of Arunachal Pradesh or the State of Sikkim or the Islands

2400

13

Union Territories

4000

Location is Urban or Rural, the area will be determined by the above. For more information, you can read this post here. Click Here

Cost of building a School

A school normally requires construction in phases (Here I am talking about a Budget CBSE School meant for a 1000 students)

Phase 1: 20,000 sq ft to 25,000 sq ft construction – Year 1

Phase 2: 12,000 sqft- 15,000 sq ft – year 3

Phase 3: 6,000 sqft – 10,000 sq ft – Year 4

You multiply these numbers with Rs 1000 – 1,400 per sq feet and this will give you a ballpark costing of construction plus furniture. Over and above this you can spend on Marketing, Landscaping, Sports Facilities etc. That is completely dependent on the promoter’s vision.

Affiliation

A School has to have an affiliation from the State Board. It doesn’t matter if it is eventually affiliated to CBSE / ICSE or IB Board. Education is a state subject, hence the can have any affiliation but State BoardAffiliation / Permission is mandatory.

Franchise

Starting any Brand Franchise: There are a lot of franchise (Brands) to choose from like Brighton International School, DPS, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Everonn, Manipal, Shamrock, Mayo College, Kangaroo Kids etc.

All these have a proper corporate office where there are teams involved with the expansion of the chain. Their website is the way one can get in touch with them. Typically they charge a Security Deposit (to be fixed for a stipulated period) a Licence Fee (chargeable every year) and a Revenue share per student. None of this is fixed and may depend from organization to organization. They will help you in setting an elementary process and curriculum right.

Starting the School (Essential Steps)

Form a Trust/Society/ Section 8 Company

As per the government’s norms, the administrative power of the school should be vested in a Not-for-profit society or trust. Every state has an office of Registrar where a society can be registered. This is the address of the few of the offices across different states; for more, you can read here

Similarly one can start a school by forming a Section 8 company. For more on this, you can read my post here

Register/ Lease the Plot of Land

The Land on which the school will be built has to be either leased out or should be in the name of the society or the trust. The documents should be certified by the local land registration office. For a CBSE school inside the city limits the minimum area should be One Acre and outside the city limits should be 1.5 Acres.

Kindly remember the Land should all be at One Place and in One Piece with Pucca Boundary Wall on all the sides

I get the maximum amount of queries regarding the size of the land, especially from Metros. CBSE has recently amended the bye-laws regarding the requirement of land. Kindly go through the circular. It specifically states the land required for starting a school in Metrosshould be greater than 1600 Sq Meter (about 0.4 acres) for Pre Primary to Class X, and about an acre for Classes up to Class XII. For the rest of India, the rule has stayed the same as described above. I have written a separate post on this topic, here is the link. If the land is leased out to the ‘Not For Profit’ entity the minimum duration should be 15 Years.

GET THE STATE BOARD AFFILIATION(Get an approval from the local Education Office ) – Once the building and the staff is ready, open admissions. Simultaneously go to the local education office in most cases DEO (District Education Office) and register by paying the fee. Post inspection of the school premises and after taking the relevant information they will provide the society/trust with required certification. The school will first take-off after the permission from the state board. This is essential, there has been a ruling by the court on this aspect.

The above mentioned steps simplistically captures, how you start school in India, now moving to ‘How to get CBSE Affiliation of your school’?

HOW TO GET CBSE AFFILIATION

This entire process of affiliation is a very transparent process and in case one is ready to do the paperwork, you really don’t require any touts or middleman. CBSE provides the school with a list of bye-laws to be kept in mind while applying for CBSE Affiliation. The entire manual can be downloaded from the CBSE’s official website. Here is the website – CBSE e-Affiliation Websiteand the link to download the Bye-Laws – Affiliation Bye-Laws

Step No. 1: Get a No Objection Certificate from the State Government

For a brief period of time this certificate was revoked by the CBSE but in December 2016, it has again made the entry. I have detailed it in a separate post here. Click Here.

The most difficult part in getting an affiliation is NOC, the CBSE waived this rule in the interim but now it is back. The new circular is out (Dec 2016). I have written a separate post on it, click on the link here

The School basically have to write an application to the State Education Secretary Office (located in the state’s capital) and ask for NOC so that the state allows if under their jurisdiction a school start following central board. This can be a simple application where a copy of the application goes to local DEO office.

Step No. 2: Get the District Collector & DEO office to sign on Appendix II

Earlier you have to make a demand draft as Affiliation Fee which was supposed to be sent to the board with all the above documents, now it can be done at the HDFC Bank. School is required to remit prescribed fee through a system generated e-challan at any branches of HDFCBank or through NEFT /RTGSthrough branches of any nationalized /scheduled Banks. The Affiliation Fee keeps on changing from year to year. Here is where you can access the details on the current fee – Affiliation Fee. After taking the printout of confirmation page of the online application form, the same duly signed by the Principal and Manager of the school along with enclosures and CBSE copy of fee payment challan shall be sent to the Board.

You also have to furnish some basic information with regards to your school to CBSE. This happens in the form of an ONLINE FORM. Here is a sample of the of the FORM.

Approval of middle-class syllabus: (Up to Class VIII)

Independent schools within the country

Rs.50,000/-

Overseas Independent Schools

Rs.2,00,000/-

Fresh Provisional Affiliation for Secondary Classes (Up to Class X)

Independent schools within the country

Rs.150,000/-

Rs.1,00,000/- (If already affiliated up to Middle Class)

Overseas Independent Schools

Rs.2,50,000/-

Rs.1,50,000/- (If already affiliated up to Middle Class)

Step 5 – Track/Follow the application online & Wait for the Letter from the CBSE

Keep checking your application progress online, CBSE gives you the facility for the same. You can call and check, most of the time nobody picks up so try getting most of the update online.

CBSE will send a letter mentioning the officials who have been deputed to come and inspect the school. Without wasting any time, get in touch with them and arrange for them to come. Mostly one of them would be a Central School (Kendriya Vidyalay) Principal and the other one an experienced hand from any aided or un-aided school.

STEP 6 – Prepare a file

Following is the list of documents one should have for CBSE affiliation File –

Details of Annexure

Society Details

Constitution of the Society & Society Bye-Laws

Registration Certificate of the society

Affidavit of Non-Proprietary Character & relationship among members (Proforma)

Supporting Documents by Tehsildar & Patwari – This in case the school is out of Municipality bounds

Approved Map and Building Layout – from the relevant Town and Country Planning Authority.

School Building Room Particulars School Building – List of all the rooms along with the size and details.

School Building and Facilities Photographs

Physical Health Education & Recreation Facility Details

Laboratory Details

Library Facilities & Details

Librarian Details – CV / Resume of the Librarian

State Govt Related Documents

State Board Affiliation Certificate & NOC from the state (Intimation will do, for more info read here)

Student Details

Student’s Details Record of Internal Assessment (Class Wise)

Fees Structure (Kindly refer to this circular from CBSE while finalizing the FEE structure )

School Time Table

School Prospectus

Certificate of Fire Safety & Sanitary Conditions

Provision of Medical Check Up

Undertaking by Manager regarding the admissions only up till Class VIII – This basically says the school is not admitting students in classes for which they do not have permission.

Details of Training Modules conducted for teachers

Building Safety Certificate

Drinking Water Test Certificate

Transport Fitness Certificate

School Conveyance facility Details – If School is providing conveyance to students

Optional – This is in case you want to make a stronger case

CBSE Online Submitted Application

Copy of the submitted bank draft

Letter of inspection from CBSE

Financial Projections

Land Documents – Photocopy

Admission Announcements

Annexure II

Step 5 – Get ready for Inspection

Earlier – Inspection – Inspectors/Officials will have a form with them where they will jot down all the information about your school. (Be very specific about Salary structures and its distribution, Land Records – these two things get special attention. Once they are done they are responsible for sending your file to the board.

The inspecting team will be responsible for uploading the relevant documents online, hence you are advised to scan the entire file page by page separately and keep it handy in a USB flash drive. Now a days, the inspectors have access to a CBSE website, where they fill the data realtime at the campus itself.

Step 6 – Keep Checking your Status online

Once they leave keep checking with them, whether they have sent the file or not. Once the file is submitted, online status would reflect the same. In about 45 ~ 60 days of submission of the file and favorable reviews from the officials the school will get CBSE affiliation.

I keep getting a lot of queries on this particular post. Here are some answers I am posting for everyone’s benefit; I also have a consultancy arm which helps entrepreneurs and schools start up to establish and run schools of high quality. You can send me a mail by filling the form below

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Do I have to procure affiliation and then start the school?

NO You can only apply for affiliation once you have started the institute. The affiliation asks for a lot of information regarding the students' strength teachers etc which can only be filled once you start the school.

My society comprises of members of my family, what do I do to make it of "Non Proprietary" nature?

Off all the members in a society majority i.e more than 50% cannot be related by blood. Also while declaring the members of the society in the affidavit the Chairman will have to declare the relationship among the members who all are related by blood line.

I am running a school in a rented building. Can I apply for affiliation?

The law clearly states that the school should have Proof regarding possession of 2 acres of land (pg 60 of bye laws). Hence the school can run in a rented building but the land on which the building is built should be owned or leased to the society. Society can lease the land to a company which can then construct the building and can charge the society a rent on its investments.

Do I have to take State Board Affiliation to start a School, Can I directly apply to CBSE

Yes you have to procure State Board Affiliation post that only you can go for CBSE Affiliation.

Is this the entire list of documents?

I believe this is the list in case they need more information you can always ask for more time.

Salary drawn by Teachers at my institute is not at par with State Norms or Central Government Norms

Don't worry about it. Salary is a subjective topic and can vary from city to city within the same state. It all depends upon the cost of living in that particular area. Don't worry about low salaries. You just have to be fair in showing that what you have specified in the offer letter is what is going in the bank account and the same is getting signed by the employee.

Land original documents are with the Bank as collateral

Get a photocopy attested by the bank that this is a true copy of the documents pledged with them. Get the bank manager sign on the photocopy.

Approximately what is the time between submission and inspection and how much time is spent by the inspection Team on the campus

It takes about 3-4 months from submission to inspection and the team spends about 5 to 6 hours (Arrange for them to have meals either in the school or a place nearby).

What is the investment required to open a school

This query invites a subjective response but a thumb rule for starters / planners. 2 Acres of land at the market price plus cost of construction at about 1200 Rs a square feet.

Non-Proprietary Affidavit. What do I do when some members are related to each other?

This is a very general trend across societies though advisable is very few members should be related to each other (blood relatives). Even if people are related to each other the Chairman/Head of the trust society should declare the same while submitting the Non-Proprietary affidavit that 'x' person is related to 'y' person through by 'z' relationship.

Do I know somebody who can take BRIBE in CBSE or outside and get you an affiliation

The Answer is "HELL NO".

I need your help. I am looking for a consultant who could help me start a school or to get a CBSE Affiliation

Yes I am available for paid consultation. You can write to me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in

I run a school called Brighton International School (www.brightoninternational.in). I am also now a partner with a School consulting company which helps budding educators or investors start school or gain access to help related to school. The help could be in the form of Turnkey School Consultation, Detailed Project report, Project Finance, Business Plan consulting, Recruitment planning, Infrastructure consultation, Affiliation Consultation, Teacher’s Training, Academic and Curriculum Planning. I now have a decade of work experience. I strongly believe in improving every day and I have tremendous respect for people who pursue their dreams with undying passion and enthusiasm. I have worked in Mumbai for about 6 years as a Marketing-Media professional which has helped me in shaping what I am today. I am Chemical Engineer with an MBA in Marketing.You can know more about me at www.linkedin.com/in/abhineysingh

You can mail me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in or call me on +91 70002 40006. This number is also on whatsapp.

Abhiney Singh

I run a school called Brighton International School (www.brightoninternational.in).
I am also now a partner with a School consulting company which helps budding educators or investors start school or gain access to help related to school. The help could be in the form of Turnkey School Consultation, Detailed Project report, Project Finance, Business Plan consulting, Recruitment planning, Infrastructure consultation, Affiliation Consultation, Teacher’s Training, Academic and Curriculum Planning. I now have a decade of work experience. I strongly believe in improving every day and I have tremendous respect for people who pursue their dreams with undying passion and enthusiasm.
I have worked in Mumbai for about 6 years as a Marketing-Media professional which has helped me in shaping what I am today. I am Chemical Engineer with an MBA in Marketing.
You can know more about me at www.linkedin.com/in/abhineysingh
You can mail me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in or call me on +91 70002 40006. This number is also on whatsapp.

The answer to the question that can one start a CBSE school from Class VI – XII, the answer is ‘YES’ you can. For that you have to qualify as an innovative school. Here is a post on innovative school, you can read by clicking here.

Dear Mr Ramesh,
What kind of help do you need, if you are looking for professional hand holding / consultation, I can be reached at +91 70002 40006. Otherwise, if there are any doubts, kindly let me know.

The extension can happen, but in case if those classes in nearby areas will be termed as affiliated to CBSE/ICSE, you can land into trouble. The school is a unit involving infrastructure, people and processes on which the affiliation is provided.

Dear Mr Munda,
I have written extensively on this topic, you can read my post here. IN case you are looking to start with teh help of a professional consultant, you can get i touch with me at 7000240006

I want to open Cbse up to class 8th only i have built the building and total land is 10400 sq feet and play ground use in another school near by. Can i get please guide us .The school us under Muncipal location.

Why have you taken this much time to figure this out. Kindly check the CBSE Affiliation website http://cbseaff.nic.in/cbse_aff/Form/ICMLogin.aspx, now they also have a module where a School can change the Inspection Committee Members. If this is not working out, I suggest a representative should travel to CBSE Preet Vihar Office with the request.

Big chain of CBSE school is operating two branches of school with single cbse affiliation from one school in the same city as they have started new branch in 2016 & they are awaiting CBSE affiliation still for 2 years now? I have this question/concern because I am planning to admit my ward in 10th Standard to one of their branch which is not having cbse affiliation currently as it close to my house and they are assuring that board exams will be arranged through the other branch which has affiliation. Students would have to go to the other branch to give board exams and they will arrange transport for exams. Please advise if this arrangement is legal & possible?

Dear Sir,
Good Afternoon!
We want to open a CBSE primary school in new Delhi:
1- How to start with which registrations and where to apply for registrations?
2- If we get State Board registration then how to choose a CBSE syllabus/books so that we can get CBSE affiliation in future?

Dear Sir,
1- How to start with which registrations and where to apply for registrations? – if you already have a school building, staff and a trust/ Sec 8 company or a Society ready —> The next step is going for State Board Affiliation followed by NOC and post that CBSE

2. 2- If we get State Board registration then how to choose a CBSE syllabus/books so that we can get CBSE affiliation in future? – You can use NCERT books or call several different publishers which are there.

Hi,
All thanks to you as we got provisional affiliation last year upto secondary level…we are applying for switch over to senoir secondary this year. My question is…do we need to appoint the required staff right now. We actually don’t need them as we r running class 10th. But for affiliation process, is it required to appoint now itself?

Dear Mr Sirohi,
Essentially any entity operating in the space of education should take permission from the state government besides being a legal entity like Society / Trust / Section-8 for Schools & Colleges and for Pre Schools there are options to run as Put Ltd company, Partnership or proprietorship firm.

Different States have different ways of dealing with this, one has to find what is applicable for their city and state. Here is a link for you to read up more on Pre School Establishment REGULATORY GUIDELINES FOR PRIVATE PLAY SCHOOLS

Hello
We are a fresh gseb affiliated school located in Morbi- Gujarat
We are having a good infrastructure as per cbse law book and other amenities also as instructed except the land issue which is less than 1 acre and
We are applying for noc from the DEO so my questions are:
Ours is a new school for the year 2017 and i want to start with the ncert books in my school for the next session, can I do that?
And also if i want to start the new session form April 2018 , can that be done?
Please guide me for the same.
thankyou

Dear Mr Patel,
You ca surely use NCERT Books or Private Publisher Books in your School. For the new session, it depends from place to place in India. If all the schools in Morbi are starting at the same time, you can do the same.

Hi Abhiney.Jiwan Seth here.I have 2 questions
1.My school is affiliated from Punjab School Board. May I fill application for CBSE.
2.If I have 1 school affiliation from CBSE or Punjab board. May I open second branch in another locality in same city.

My school is affiliated from Punjab School Board. May I fill application for CBSE. – yes you can. You have to compulsorily take NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from state government.

2.If I have 1 school affiliation from CBSE or Punjab board. May I open second branch in another locality in same city.- Yes you can start but you can’t claim that School will automatically be affiliated to the board. Schools have to be treated as individual assets and so is their affiliation. One has to remember the affiliation is given on infrastructure and integrity of processes rather than to a brand name.

Hello sir.
We are willing to start CBSE having few queries.
1. Our trust is formed in 2016. Is is possible to get affiliation?
2. While filling up form we are unable to find our district in the list. What to do?
3. Building is ready, students admission are on, state board affiliation in under process, can we go in for CBSE? WHAT ABOUT NOC? Our first day of school is declared as 08-06-2017. Can we go in for CBSE process??
4. What is the proportion of blood line relation in trust for non propriotary character?

1. Our trust is formed in 2016. Is is possible to get affiliation? – Yes why not.
2. While filling up form we are unable to find our district in the list. What to do? – Take a nearby District if it is there, make sure you get the city right.
3. Building is ready, students admission are on, state board affiliation in under process, can we go in for CBSE? WHAT ABOUT NOC? Our first day of school is declared as 08-06-2017. Can we go in for CBSE process?? – No you can’t. First get affiliation from State and NOC post that apply. Though you can keep filling the online form bit-by-bit and the final submission can happen later on, once you have all the document.
4. What is the proportion of blood line relation in trust for non propriotary character? – They should not be in Majority also if there are any, the chairman of the society should declare the same in the affidavit.

If you need any professional help, do call me on +9170002 40006. Best of luck

Sir our school affiliation status is I/C constituted ,the status displayed on 8th dec 16, but still now in letter view it is not displaying …
plzz tell us what to do,is there any other way to get ic letter or how many days it will take time..
plzz reply…

Res sir, i have two acre land near kalyan – ahmednagar (maharashtra) N.H.222 near villege road aprox 800 meter. I will submmitt non agriculture file at collector office thane.already i land gift deed to trust. i want to start CBSC School which class we start jr.KG, Sr.KG ya first Class, there is all marathi medium school. If we start school in 2018 which month we apply the CBSC Board which documents we keep ready pls give me information

Dear sir,
Want to open a senior secondary CBSE affiliated school in rural area of kanpur district uttr pradesh .. i hv 2 acre agriculture land having boundary of 6 feet without pillar work on service road not at any national highway or any pakki link road just 150 meter from national highway…
Is this ok by bye lawz?

Dear Aayush,
Location of land is not a big issue, just make sure No HIGH TENSION electrical cable should run overhead of the building. Also now a days schools are getting rejected because of boundary walls, make sure you have adequate infrastructure on that part.

sir we have applied for secondary classes affiliation,and we have now received in our application status as IC Constituted and in letter section the letter is not displaying ,so plz suggest us what to do..

Dear Virendra,
Kindly wait for the letter to come, very soon you will be getting the names of the pope deputed by the board as a part of the inspection committee. If you need any paid professional consultancy send me a mail on abhiney@brightoninternational.in or call me

Dear Rahul,
I have written extensively about this in my blog posts, kindly read. But here is something that should help you;

This is the chronology which one needs to adopt

Start constructing the building of the school
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Get State Board Affiliation
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Apply for CBSE Affiliation before End of June

In your case I suggest start school till Class VII to give yourself a cushion of a year. For example if you are starting a school in 2017-18, apply for CBSE affiliation directly upto Secondary School (Class X) by June 2018, you will have inspection by January/ February 2019 and will have affiliation by March – 2019.

If the state government stops/ dismisses any affiliation to schools up till 5 years from now as that in Uttar Pradesh about which the announcement is made recently, Where should one get the affiliation from and how? Does CBSE gives affiliation till class 8th as well? In such a case, where state government or Basic Shiksha Adhikari doesn’t give any affiliation what are the other provisions?

Dear Binish,
There is no other way, sadly. You have to ask the State Board for No Objection Certificate. As far as the State Board Affiliation go, they should give that to you if your infrastructure is meeting their standards.

Thanks alot for valuable information . I am also willing to open classed upto 10th with affiliation of CBSE board. I have total land of 2300 Square meter and as per attached land requirement circular upto 10th class 2000 SQ Meter is required. can i open the school up to class 10th in the 2300 square meter space

Dear Abhiney,
This is gilbert from pudhucherry. We are running primary school and having 275 students.My question is as per cbse bye-laws,
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Category A + School – Permanently affiliated school
Category A School – Provisionally affiliated school with land of atleast 2 acres
or of such measurement as has been permitted under
Rule 3(ii) (b),(c), (d) & (e) below.
Category B School – Provisionally affiliated school with following criterion:
a) recognized by the Education Department or whose application has been
forwarded by it.
b) does not possess land as per Category ‘A’ but has not less than 1.5 acre of
land also satisfies the following:
• 250 sq. mtr. of area + 1 sq.mtr. for every student on the rolls (for a middle
school).
• 500 sq.mtr. of area +1 sq.mtr. for every student on the rolls (for a
Secondary school).
• 750 sq.mtr. of area +1 sq.mtr. for every student on the rolls (for a Senior
Secondary school).
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but in another point

The schools which were granted affiliation upto Secondary level on or before the
year 1996 under the (relaxed condition of land requirement under category “B” or
“C” may be considered for Upgradation to +2 stage provided. that they should have
atleast one acre of land.
Provided further that such school will have only two sections at +2 level preferably
one for non-vocational stream and one for vocational stream with the provision that
the number of candidates shall not exceed 40 in each section.

So please reply me whether 1.5 acres of land is enough for all 4 streams in +2.

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Hello Sir,
First of all my special thanks to you; for providing very valuable information. I have below queries
I am planning to open a school in Haryana (area comes under Delhi NCR ) which will be for pre- primary (Below grade-1) To primary sections (From Grade 1 to 5).
As I have read your comments that affiliation is mandatory if It has classes from 1st to (onwards) and that pre-requisite is very costly especially for the land requirement.
As in my case Land requirement is one acre (Relaxation for Delhi NCR) for CBSE and 0.5 Acres for BSEH (State government) correct me if I am wrong? I already mentioned that I will open for up to 5th only.
I also want to confirm that if I got the approval from BSEH for primary section (state government) can I teach the CBSE syllabus to the students?
Is it possible that I have BSEH affiliation but teaching medium is English?
For BSEH affiliation what is the lease duration of the land as in case of CBSE it is 30 years.
I have seen lot of school in my area which are not affiliated to any board and continuously giving the education to pre to VII standard? What are the drawbacks if my school is not affiliated to any board and having the classes from pre to primary (Up to 5th)
One more thing I need to know when affiliation process should start actually.
Before enrollment of the students means building is ready now publicity for enrollment?
Or it can be in between of enrollment
Or it can be after starting the classes.
Or it can be after one session is over.
Regards,

1) Can I teach the CBSE syllabus to the students? – YES, you can. No issues with that.

2) Is it possible that I have BSEH affiliation but teaching medium is English? – YES, very much.

3) For BSEH affiliation what is the lease duration of the land as in case of CBSE it is 30 years. – Read the BYE Laws, I am not aware of it. Should be online.

4) I have seen lot of school in my area which are not affiliated to any board and continuously giving the education to pre to VII standard? What are the drawbacks if my school is not affiliated to any board and having the classes from pre to primary (Up to 5th) – Not possible, to start a school you have to have state Government Permission / Affiliation.

5) when affiliation process should start actually. – If you mean to ask CBSE Affiliation – It is after the school is up and running. For State Board – Before the schools starts or have just started.

I have couple of queries regarding opening a CBSE school in Rural area.

I have 1.5 acres of Land in Rural area, and we are planing to open a CBSE school from Pre NC to 8th Class as of now. Is it sufficient??
What should be the standard area for a classroom, Lab, Library and Office?

And if we plan to exceed till Class XII, then this land could be enough or not??

Dear Rachit,
The land should be enough. No issues with the size. For Classroom Size – Please go through the CBSE Bye Laws, everything is mentioned there. Though there is no fixed size of the rooms, but is dependent on number of students.

As per my query that for username and password for entering Class IX student registration your answer is We have to go to Regional Office and meet the staff nothing will come to mail or School Address.

You don,t think that if all process is online then why for receiving school Credentials we have to go to RO which is in another state.

Suppose we receive the username and password & enter our class IX student details and in the next three months we are unable to fulfill the requirement as mention in the grant letter Then what will be the possibility they will give us more time or disaffiliate our school If they Disaffiliate our school what will be class IX students registration.

Dear Sir,
With the help of your BLOG we have received a grant letter from CBSE through online and mentioned the school affiliation code but I have some queries
In the grant letter there are mentioned some special conditions which have to be compiled in three months otherwise school is liable for action like section teacher ratio should be 1.5, deduction of EPF ,Staff Salary through ECS and some other
My question is now we go to regional office and submit the documentary proof then Affiliation grant paper which is available in internet is signed by the Deputy SEC (AFF) because the grant paper which is available in internet not signed by the Deputy SEC.
My second question IS our school is now affiliated upto class X what is procedure now for getting the user name for uploading the class IX student registration we have to go and meet the Regional office or speed post our queries to the RO because RO CBSE office is another state which is very far.

Last question when in the online application status when we received the grant letter it means that we have nothing to worry now for the affiliation our affiliation process is complete

Query 1) You don’t have to, all of this will happen automatically, plus the letter you would have received, you would have acquired without CBSE sending it to you, hence the signatures really doesn’t matter.

Query 2) Contact the Regional Office for this ASAP

Query 3) YES, but do write back giving explanations and measures adopted to overcome the deficiency pointed out by the Inspection Committee.

I am Farooq and we are thinking of a opening a school in Rural area near gorakhpur (UP). Its not at all a metro. I wanted to know few things:
1. How much land would be needed to open a school?
2. Can we get affiliation from CBSE directly till 10th or is it something else?

HELLO
SIR,
I HAVE 1.48 ACRE LAND IN VILLAGE(GRAM PANCHAYAT)AREA. BUT BIHAR GOVT. DECLARED THIS VILLAGE IN PATNA METROPOLITAN AREA.
I WANT TO TAKE CBSE AFFILIATION. ABOVE MENTION LAND AREA IS SUFFICIENT OR NOT FOR CBSE AFFILIATION?
IS IT NECESSARY TO TAKE PRIOR RECOGNITION FROM BIHAR GOVT.?

Hi abhnay
We are coming up with a cbse pattern school . building is all done… we are planning to start in coming session. So how should we proceed towards staff selection like principal, HM
, curriculum designer and all.

Hi Deepa,
Congratulation on the school. For recruitments First and foremost look for an able Principal who can work with you, is experienced and can understand your vision. I have just written a post on understand the requirements (in terms of qualification) click here

Take a rough estimates of 1.5 – 1.75 teacher per section. Make sure you read the CBSE Bye Laws in terms of Service Rules and terms of engagement. Best of luck

Sir i want to start CBSE School and i have 1 ACER land In Municipal Corporation limites
i can apply to CBSE?
and in the CBSE Bay laws i ready it but it is not mention about land requirement for Municipal corporation limites
1) Our city is not Metro but it is a Municipal corporation city

we want to start a CBSE School and we have (1 ACER land) in Municipal corporation limites
and i read the bay laws of CBSE it is not mention about the land requirement in Municipal limites
our city is not Metro but we
our city is Municipal corporation and we have 1 ACER land in Municipal corporation limites can it is land sufficient to apply CBSE

Greetings Mr. Abhiney Singh,
It’s delightful to know that you are keen in helping out budding educationalist, wish you the best in your every endeavours,

i am Nidhi and i am new to this affiliation procedures, i am working currently as a principal, in an 16 year old school, it has been affiliated to the board for the last 12 years, this is my second year on my new role, i have recently applied for extension of provisional affiliation for the year 2017 onwards.The affiliation period ends by 2017, the status i received online was “under Scrutiny”.
i am also currently constructing a new building for CL-XI & XII in the same campus

my question is

# i have applied for extension on provisional affiliation for X with current status “under Scrutiny”

# WHEN AND HOW CAN I APPLY FOR UPGRADATION, WHAT ELSE I WILL NEED (procedure)
i.e after a year of securing extension of provisional affiliation, or apply for CL-XI & XII when the online window opens.
# what are documents needed for the procedure
# i will have to remind you the building is still under construction and is projected to complete them by this session’s end.

First of all let me Thank You Mr.Abhiney Singh for the quick update on my query,

##. The reason we did not apply for Upgradation was due to the ongoing construction for the CL-XI & XII, though we could have applied on june but our Affiliation for X was set to expire on 2017, so thought to secure what we have already and go for the Upgradation, in full force after completing the construction with its relevant documents. Thanks again, wish you an Amazing day ahead with blessings for your family.

Sir. I am Kishore. My native place Andhra Pradesh. My area under panchayat. Ok
1.My doubt is without students, cbse given the affiliation to our newly opend school (1to10th).
2.To Total construct the building . How much the cost
3. How much of amount taken by you from my side to involve getting all documents & affiliation

1. Composite Affiliation is given for Class I to Class X
2. Building cost shall vary and shall depend from project to project – Read my blog here – http://brightoninternational.in/teachclub/
3. My charges will depend on what are you making us do, if you need a consultant, you can get in touch with me – 7000240006

Hello Abhiney,
We have 2.2 acres of land and around 1000 sq.m. Built up area with adequate amenities and administrative/office facilities near Aligarh ( Uttar Pradesh)
I have some queries and interest in obtaining a franchisee of well reputed school brand.
Queries –
1. Can we start a school directly from 4th or 5th class or is it mandatory to start from 1st class itself?
2. What are the factors we should consider in naming our school?
Thank you in advance.

Dear Sanjay,
1. Can we start a school directly from 4th or 5th class or is it mandatory to start from 1st class itself? – You can start directly uphill Class VIII (if looking for CBS Affiliation), Get simultaneously the approval of UP Education Board

2. What are the factors we should consider in naming our school? – Following factors could be considered
1) Should sound modern
2) Connote purpose of school
3) Convey a sense of purpose and commitment
4) Should be easy to pronounce and abbreviate at the same time

Nationalised banks can offer you loans for School, speaking to Private banks more often than not is a waste of time for New Projects.
We are based out of Raipur Chattisgarh, as a consultation outfit we have managed to arranged Project Finance for Several School projects. We have ready 10 year Business Plan prepared for schools and is extremely easy for us to manage your documents if services are solicited. Give me a call on my number 70002 40006 if you are looking for a CA, school consultants and Project Finance. We do it all.

We are established concern imparting education in rural mp i.e., narsinghpur district
with title St. Mary’s Convent Hr. Sec. School, working since 1976, 40 years with state board of MP affiliation and recognition.
We have near about 1 acre of land within city limits i.e., Nagar Palika, fully diverted
for educational purpose and very soon we are going to build a new campus in that land.
I would like to ask your kindself, are we eligible for CBSE or ICSE affiliation.
If we do, then let m know the details about it.

Hi Abhiney sir
my question is that What is a Land requirement for CBSE school in Municipal corporation limiteds
I have 1 Acer Land in Muncipal corporation limetds in Aurangabad Maharashtra but i ready the CBSE bay laws it is not clearly mention that what is Land requirement for Municipal corporation limited

hello Abhiney sir
i want to start CBSE School and what is land requirement for Municipal corporation limited
we have 1 land acre in Municipal corporation Limited but
i read CBSE bay laws i not clarify that what is other cities of municipal corporation limited land requirement for Example we have land in Aurangabad Maharashtra (Municipal Corporation limited)

Dear Abhinay,
Thank you so much for these insight informations about opening a school. Just wanted to check with you- to form trust/society- how many minimum members are required provided if they are not close blood relatives. Can we form a society with 2 members??

hello sir,
we applied for cbse affiliation for 2016-17 and on 24-05-2016 we paid 75000 to hdfc bank but we are fails to get affiliation and our application is not updated so please suggests us what to do next…..

So for training, there are pics already given by CBSE for schools to go through. A school can pick and choose and make their teachers go through accordingly.
I believe here are the some of the topics;

Below are the list of topics that we shall cover:
• Health Wellness and Sanitation
• Tools and Techniques for Formative Assessment
• Tools and Techniques for Summative Assessment
• Value Education in CCE
• Life Skills in CCE
• Grading System in co- scholastics CCE
• Teaching Science to students the CCE Way
• Teaching English to students the CCE Way
• Teaching Maths to students the CCE Way
• Teaching Social Science to students the CCE Way
• Project Method of Teaching and Learning
• Recording and documenting case studies to fill report cards.
• Teacher as Classroom Leader
CBSE Philosophy and CCE Overview
Assessment of Differently abled Children

As per CBSE norms Participants/Participant schools have to pay the fees as detailed For One day Workshop @ INR 409/- (Rupees Four Hundred and Nine only per participant+12.3% taxes). For Two day Workshop @ INR 743/- (Rupees Four Hundred and Nine only per participant+12.3% taxes).

Hellow sir, I am having 43000 sq feet of land in a rural area in Jharkhand n owner n running school since last 3 yrs. Now I want affiliation from CBSE or ICSE. what is requirement of land for both type of school please intimate.

hello sir
i m from Bareilly( up)and start a cbse affiliated boarding school from 6th to 12th. i have single piece of Agricultural land near 36 bigha on badaun lucknow bypass situated 1km inside(suroad) from main highway. its distance from Bareilly city approx 9km.
plz tell me..
1.) is it right location ?
2.) land area is sufficient for purpose?
3.) its agricultural land as i mentioned above. wht should i do ?
4.) how to begin ? (wht are the mandatory steps)
5.) wht are the expenses excluding infrastructure?
reply plz …
regards

1.) is it right location ? – I don’t know as we advent done any research for Bareilly
2.) land area is sufficient for purpose? – Should be sufficient as I believe 1 Bigha = 0.64 Acres
3.) its agricultural land as i mentioned above. wht should i do ? – Get the land use converted
4.) how to begin ? (wht are the mandatory steps) – Read my blog it is all there
5.) wht are the expenses excluding infrastructure? – Depends on vision and your ideas.

Abhiney Singhji Sir
I am planning to open a CBSE school in my land near by Mumbai. We have land 2529 sq.ft. What is the step to form society / trusty what are the procedure for information of the society & trusty.
Investment requirement for the school or self.
Please suggest me procedure following to open CBSE school.

Dear Singh Sahab,
You cannot start a school in 2529 Sq Feet which can be affiliated to ICSE or CBSE board. For CBSE and ICSE you would need at least 45,000 Square feet and 25,000 square feet respectively. In 2529 square feet, think about starting a play school if there is any opportunity where the plot is located.

Sir i am extremely so sorry actually there is my mistake my land is 2529 sq. mtrs. so that is possible open new CBSE school or ICSE school.
Investment requirement for the school or self.
Please suggest me procedure following to open CBSE school.
Please it urgent reply.
Thanking You,
Regards,
Sharda Transport Co.
Mr. Jay Prakash Singh
Mobile No. :- 9820191708

Respected Sir
We have already registered a trust but all members in it are blood relatives so what should we do it is registered as family trust can we apply for CBSE school affiliation guj board has no such rule is there any way out for it or get new trust registered please reply

Dear Md Saiyad,
You don’t have to change the trust but you should ask a few of the members from the board to resign and new members could be inducted. Make sure members of family cannot have the majority share and additional to this the Chairman of the trust has to declare if any of the members is related to him / her.

Hi
I am planing to start a CBSE SChool near by chennai (Tamil Nadu ) we have land more then 10 acre . What is the step to form society / trust what r the procedure for formation of the society/ trust.
Investment requirement for the school
Please suggest me procedure following to open school

i went through all reply it is very nice. i am principal from mumbai having 28 years experience and 5 years experience as a principal .i have inspected more than 10 schools. now i left the job . if any consultancy work comes u, kindly refer to me. i shall do it.

I am running a secondary school in Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) and which is affiliated to state board, I have got registered the society (under section 28 of ACT 1956).
I have another piece of own land (2.5 Acre) and want to open new CBSE school.
Now my question is :
(1). Will the same registered society is ok ? or I need to register again (under section 25 of the companies Act of 1956) ?
(2). whom to contact for land certificate, will it be tehsildar,patwari or someone else ?
(3). What to get from state government either recognition or NOC, and how ?
(4). Its better to open new school or convert existing school into CBSE ?
Thanks

Dear Bharat,
(1). Will the same registered society is ok ? or I need to register again (under section 25 of the companies Act of 1956) ? – Same registered Society is alright, you don’t have to open a separate school.
(2). whom to contact for land certificate, will it be tehsildar,patwari or someone else ? – Collector / DM, CBSE will require the certificate ‘as is’ don’t try to change the template in any way else.
(3). What to get from state government either recognition or NOC, and how ? – Contact the DEO office and apply for State Board affiliation. The is mandatory
(4). Its better to open new school or convert existing school into CBSE ? – Both are equally good. All depends upon the underlying potential.

sir,
We found Deficiency after IC in our school Affiliation Status. Later on We sent the compliance report along with supportive documents to Board as removal of deficiency. It has been almost 20 days over. We are waiting for the Grant Latter. Will we be granted Affiliation by Board ?

sir,
Major deficiency is about Salary to the staff. Its mentioned as Teachers are not paid at par to any State Govt Pay Scale. We rectified it and revised Salary as per Karnataka Govt 5th Pay Commission. The Bank statement,Arrears Statement, Aquittance Roll of Salary paid of last 3 months sent as supportive documents to the Board. Is that enough or do we need any more evidence for that ? Plz help us out …

Sir, i am running a school afilliated with state board upto class 3rd, but now i want to get it affiliated with CBSE upto 5th class.
i have 16200 sq. ft. ( 3 kanal) of land. is this ok to apply for the same.
plzzz guide me.
thanx

Sir i want to open a school but my land area is less than 2 acre means the s shortage of 3000 sqrft only so I should go for it or not.and d main issue is what should be the standard size of class rooms according to cbse norms so that thr should not be in problem while getting affliation,and initially I want to get started till class 6th .and what should be minimum built up area from which I can start my school easily .and number of class rooms.

Hi Abhiney ,
Today I got sample of Non Proprietary Affidavit Format through http://www.scribd.com, which was uploaded by you,thanks for it.
I have doubt that in our trust we have six members,
1.CHAIRMAN (MY SELF)
2. FOUNDER (MY MOTHER)
3. FINANCIAL TRUSTEE (MY WIFE)
4. TRUSTEES (MY FATER n LAW )or(my wife’s father)
5. TRUSTEES ( NOT HAVING ANY FAMILY OR BLOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ME)
6. TRUSTEES ( NOT HAVING ANY FAMILY OR BLOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ME).

While getting affidavit signed by District Magistrate I will be mentioning all this details By saying this trust is running not for profit.
But while applying this affidavit format for CBSE affiliation process, Do this will affect us in any way for getting CBSE affiliation.
If suppose it will affect, what I have to do.. Because I am going to apply at the month of April(2016) end.
KINDLY ADVICE
THANKS..

The photocopy has to go to Delhi, regarding the fixed deposit it depends on the number of students. It is all mentioned in the Bye Laws. Reiterating here for your convenience.
14. Reserve Fund
1) The school shall maintain reserve fund to the extent indicated below:

2) Reserve Fund shall be maintained in the joint names of the Manager of the school concerned and the Secretary of the Board in a scheduled Bank. In case of institution receiving grant in aid or in case the School Education Act of the State/UT so prescribes, the reserve fund shall be maintained in the joint names of the Manager of the school and the Director or Education of the State/Union Territory concerned. The interest accruing out of the deposit of reserve fund made by the institution at the time of affiliation/ extension of affiliation be not withdrawn by the management under any circumstances what so ever.

sir , i have already got sample scanned copies of your school for preparing file for affiliation . sir , i still have some doubts . actually from the year 2014-15 we are running the school from class NC . in the year 2015-16 our strength was 300 and now in 2016-17 we are expecting it to be 400. our all balance sheets and audit reports are as per this detail. now sir since in the session 2016-17 we are going for affiliation we are showing only classes from 1-8th , now since as per this change our number of students will change and also our income and expenditure . so sir we also have to change all our balance sheets as per this current detail . sir is this required , cant we show nc/ kg classes – if yes then what extra burden we will get in file or what are the problems we are going to face if we show them actual details and infrastructure.

Dear Prithvi,
The way you are explaining it is sounding very complicated. Let me ease it for you. You have to show the audited balance sheet of the Society / Trust till date. When I say till date it means till last year. You cannot change the balance sheet since the books are prepared after the end of financial year. You produce what you have done. Speak to your CA for more clarification.

Hello Abhiney Sir
My Question is that after Submitting online form …. Hard copy of file is where to submitted in 1)Regional Office Chennai office
2)Delhi Head Office Or
3)both the office regional and head (both)

Hi Abhiney,
I have one query regarding reserve fund for CBSE.
Bye-Laws says to make a FDR in the joint names of the Manager of the school and Secretary of CBSE. Unfortunately we don’t have any post called ‘Manager’ in our SMC.
Any workaround for this?
1. Can it be done in the name of Secretary of school (Which is actually Principal of the school) or Chairman of the school?
2. Also the names should not be mentioned in the FDR, right? Only the post would suffice?

1. Can it be done in the name of Secretary of school (Which is actually Principal of the school) or Chairman of the school? – No you can’t, why don’t you name your accountant or an office staff as manager.
2. Also the names should not be mentioned in the FDR, right? Only the post would suffice? – Yes

Hemant,
1. CBSE affiliation only starts from Class I and onwards, so Nursery, Play School, Pre Primary do not feature in their parameters.
2. You can take the land on lease for a minimum duration of 30 years, for more read the affiliation bye laws available on CBSE’s website
3. If you change the location, the affiliation process has to be initiated again, since the name doesn’t get the affiliation but the infrastructure get approved.

sir I want to start CBSE School in Aurangabad maharashtra my question is that what is land requirement in (within the limite of Municipal corporation ) it is 1 acer or 2 acres land are require plzz reply me

Hi Shankar,
Yes off course you can. A child can switch school any time he wants during his course of study. It is only in Class X & Class XII that it gets a bit difficult, but that also is fairly doable.

Dear Abhiney,
We have started a school frm lkg to third standard and will be adding higher classes subsequently. My question is when we are asking for cbse affiliation, iz student stre gth is a criteria?
Regards
Beena

Hi Abhiney,
I want to start a primary schoold. I have sufficient land in the name of my father. I have following questions.
1. Do I need to get registred the land in my name or i can go with lease?
2. Land is approx 1 KM away from the main road but there is sub road, will location be fine for school?
3. I am not able to deside, should i go with franchises or start own school. Please suggest.

Dear Sharmaji,
Answer to your queries;
1. Do I need to get registred the land in my name or i can go with lease? – You can do either, Lease is a better idea.

2. Land is approx 1 KM away from the main road but there is sub road, will location be fine for school? – You have to decide that, depending on the need of the place and the clientele you wish to bring in.

1. I plan to open an English medium school 3km from a municipal town and 20 km from a municipal corporation (20L population). It’s 2 km off the highway in a village.Does it sounds good? – Should be fine, but it will be difficult for me to comments as I hardly know the place you are planning to start. School’s success depends on a lot of factor, obviously the location plays a very important role.

2. I have sufficient land (market rate @1Cr/acre) but need money for construction. What should be estimate for school upto 8th? Also what are better options for getting finance? – Get in touch with a CA — Create a Detailed Project Report — Get in touch with a Bank.

Dear Sir,
I have about 30000 Sqft of land in a rural area in Rajasthan and wish to start a modern English medium senior secondary school. Pls advice if relaxation is allowed in land norms. Also which other permissions are mandatory to start with? Also any incentives / support from Govt to start a school in rural areas..
Thanks & Regards

Good Morning sir,
Now my school complet one year old.This year i plan to start construction in my own land ,what is investment side & what requier a primary school about construction of number of rooms & size.Please send me a paid project report by ur cvil Engineer for primary std.please guide.

Dear Abhinay
My present status is
I have a school running till class 8. Number of teachers and students is the same as in mentioned in my last post. The school is affiliated by state board (Permission has been given by DEO. Now I want to start CBSE school but the land I have is located 30 kilometers from my present school.
Now I want to start CBSE school in the location where I have land. I will shift my present school and merge it into that CBSE school. Can I do that?

Mr V Rout,
You can surely shift your school, no issues with that. But you will have to notify the DEO and get an affiliation of State Board on that premises as well. What you need to understand is the Affiliation is not given to a name (of the school) but to a ready & usable infrastructure (building).

Dear Abhinay
Your FAQs is one of the most helping I have ever found. Thanks for being so much straight and helping.
However I could not find answer of my one question. I have a school running in Durg “City” it has classes from Nursery to eight and the enrollment is about 125 while the number of teahers is 17 of which 10 are trained graduate. There is one Principal also. The salary of teachers ranges from Rs 1500 pm to Rs 2200 per month. While salary of the head is Rs 2500 pm. Every month the management puts in about Rs 5000 – 10000 for the expenses related to school and thus the school is running in loss. I have piece of land of about 5 acre and is located about 30 Kilometers far from my present school. I am ready to either lease the land to the society or transfer it to the society already running the school.
My question is that
Since it is very very costly affair for me to meet the expenses of the land and building in city and hence I want to apply for CBSE school in that location. Will it be possible?

Dear Mr Rout,
Thanks for the words of appreciation. I can’t understand your question. Let me try guessing what you have to ask.
a) Can I lease my land to someone else who will build the school and run the school. – Yes you can lease it to a society, which will build the school and run it in their own name.

b) Can I apply for CBSE school just on the basis of land – The answer is ‘NO’ you cannot. CBSE looks at everything right from land, documents, teachers, students, pedagogy, salaries, infrastructure etc. You have to build a building – Get affiliated with state board – apply for NOC – Post that apply for CBSE affiliation.

c) I have no Money or resources to build a school, what can I do to start a CBSE School? – You can mortgage your land with the bank, with the help of CA prepare a detailed Project Report and meet some bank who is ready to loan you the desired amount. In this scenario also 20% – 30% should come from your end.

Dear Dinesh,
The best time to apply for CBSE affiliation (uphill Class X) for a school is when they have Class VIII coming up. To quote an example: For a new School, Let us suppose Maxford School is going to start Class VIII by March or June 2016, then they should be applying for CBSE affiliation by June 2016.

In case a school applies early say when they have class VI or VII coming up they unnecessary have to recruit teachers meant for Class IX & X. Hope I have been able to answer your question. Best of luck, Let me know if you are looking for a professional consultant to help you with the affiliation process.

Dear Abhinav,
Thanks for your reply.
I would like to categorically ask regarding the cbse affliation related to NOC/affliation(Can i apply with below mentioned conditions):-
1. i have affliation till class VIII from state board
2. I donot have class Xth state board affliation
3. I have recently applied for the NOC from state board and is expected only till januaury.
Can i apply for cbse affliation.(do i need to submit a copy of noc during file submission for affliation.

Hii Abhinav,
Lease deed/Gift deed is a costly act in rajasthan (cost 5% of the land rate=400000)
Can we have other way out for the same such as notary attested mutual agreement as the owner himself is settler in trust.
Please suggest

Hello Abhiney,
our question is, is it neccesary to register the name of DEO for opening a new CBSE primary school. Actualy our society has opened new school without taking any permission from state government. So is there any penalty for not having legal permission?

Basically the stages are as follows without any time limit
1) Get Affiliated from State Board
2) Apply for NOC
3) Apply for CBSE — For this to happen state affiliation is a must and the proof that you have applied for NOC is a must. Final NOC is not compulsory.

I want to know the procedure of Bank finance for starting a secondary school for land,building,furniture and misc expenses.How much cost will come except land for opening school.How much time system will take for providing approval and for other formalities.

Dear Raj Kumar,
Procedure for Bank Finance starts once you make the trust / Society and cretae a DETAILED PROJECT REPORT (DPR) with the help of a Chartered Accountant (CA). Make sure you have resources enough to mortgage to provide as bank guarantee. To open a school the cost could be anything depending upon your vision and the facilities you wish to incorporate. A good assumption will be Rs 1300 per sq feet.

My consultancy has helped several school with Project Financing and Turn Key Solution, if you are interested in taking our services you can write to me at abhiney@brightoninternational.in

Your Comment Here..Dear sir thank u very much for providing the info.I have some questions
1.I have purchased a land near by roorkee in uttarakhand .the measurement is 1 bigha 2.5 biswa.Is this sufficient for CBSE affiliation. the land falls in tehsil (area comes under village)

2.I have made an educational trust also and construction of school is in progress with my own funds . wish to start session from 2017.kindly guide.

3.Whom to approach for project loans.I mean name of the agency who can grant loans easily

Dear Amit,
1) I do not understand Bigha as there are different versions are used in different places. All you would need will be a minimum of 1.5 Acres. So please calcutae accordingly and figure out.

2) What is the guidance you are wishing to seek, if you want professional consultation you can write to me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in. We can help you with the following
– Turnkey consultancy : We specialise in doing end to end project helping the promoters to conceptualise, plan, build and execute. This is a long term commitment where the period of engagement could be more than 18 months. This will include all aspects right from planning of the project to admissions and affiliations.

– Franchise Management: We help school adopt successful franchise, we are already the sole franchise agents for Brighton International School, Career Point School and Vindhyachal School. We also help schools adopt other franchise also.

– Feasibility study: This will give you a 10 years business plan, architectural and conceptual brief and stages of construction. This book would be the reckoner with which you can setup the school.

– Recruitment and Trainings. We would assist in recruiting the teachers and principal and other admin staff for you. You need not to advertise and spend any cost on recruitment & training.

– Resource Management. What type of infrastructure and soft infrastructure and academic infrastructure to be bought and from where, i.e. listing, vendor management and supervision of the process, IT and technological innovation and practices in the school.
Systems, quality, MIS, various formats and Manuals (SOP) like HR, Operations, Faculty Handbook etc.

We can do all this and more for your project, we keep travelling and would certainly like to meet up and discuss more about your thoughts on the project and share our experience and competencies with you. The remuneration of the service shall depend on the scope of work.

Thanks a ton for jotting down the points in such a simple form. I need help with couple of questions mentioned below. Hope you will be OK to guide.

The school is already established around 12 years back in Kannada medium (State syllabus) from LKG to 10th in the rural area by an Independent committee. No issues till now. Now the management is looking at starting an English Medium school with CBSE affiliation. If you could just brief me the procedure, it will be of great help. I catually tried reading through pages but no luck with this scenario.

Dear Neha,
If you are looking to get CBSE Affiliation, you will have to show separate facilities for the English medium School. 2 different boards can co-exist in the same premises but the school in which you wish to introduce CBSE should have the requsite infrastructure and land. If you are looking for professional help, my team can help you with affiliation, write to me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in

Hi Abhiney
We opened a school in rural area in UP in April 2013 and applied for NOC thereafter and got NOC in December 2015.My question is, can I apply for CBSE affliation now or I need to get affiliation from the state first?
As for as NOC is concerned I think it means that state government has No objection in running of our school. I look forward to your reply.

Hi Abhiney,
Really appreciate your effort in putting this much of information here!

I have a query related to getting affiliation from multiple boards:
In the last academic session(2014-15), first batch of class 8th from our school got passed. Therefore ideally we should have applied for CBSE affiliation till secondary level last year only so that we could have accommodated this batch in current year(2015-16) in class 9th CBSE board. But unfortunately this could not be achieved.
Therefore in order to not loose these students, we had taken affiliation from state board for secondary level, hence these students are studying in class 9th state board this year in our school.
Now this year we have applied for CBSE secondary level affiliation as well which will hopefully be granted for next session onwards(2016-17) whose inspection is due in next 2 weeks.
Here my question is:
a) Can we run different classes for 9th std. from multiple boards(State board & CBSE) in the same school?
b) While CBSE inspection, can we show the existing class 9th to the CBSE inspectors?

Dear Balveer,
a) Can we run different classes for 9th std. from multiple boards(State board & CBSE) in the same school? – YES, you can.
b) While CBSE inspection, can we show the existing class 9th to the CBSE inspectors? – Yes, you can.

Hi Abhiney,
The problem here is we have not shown class 9th while filling the online application form for CBSE in June 2015. Will it be safe if we somehow hide or dont show the class 9th at all? Or what is your take on this?

Balveer, Hiding nothing is great.
Just show that none of the admissions have been taken on the pretext of CBSE affiliation and parents were well aware that state board is going to be applicable in the current year. Also there is provision of Switch Over. If you are looking for professional help, my team can help you. If you wish to seek paid professional consultation mail me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in

Rishi,
For Navi Mumbai get clarity from the CBSE office if they consider that to be a part of Mumbai or not. Post that all the other land requirements will come into play. Since I don’t know the geography so well about the ;and you are trying to describe, my suggestion have limited option here.

To adopt a franchise or not is your personal call, all depends how capable you think you are and what kind of market does exist in that place.

We have received the IC for the School. One of the committe members have opted out due to personal committments. The last date of IC is over. Have weitten to CBSE about this but have still not received any reply. Can you suggest a way out. To get someone on phone from CBSE is difficult.

Hi Abhiney,
I have a doubt in the letter to the bank regarding Staff Salary remittance.
Do we need to do the single cheque transfer payment for:
all the academic staff only (Principal, teachers, PTI)
‘OR’
all the academic and non academic staff (academic staff, administrator, accountant, librarian)

I don’t think that is a possibility. Anyway for affiliation the basic minimum requirement is affiliation from the state. NOC is only a ‘can have’ document whereas the affiliation approval is a ‘must have’.

Some problem in land documents and NOC is not also available at that time. Now we have all documents.But now almost one year gone.Now I want to know Now we have to apply for fresh affiliation and forget about our previous application and money.

Hi Abhiney,
Thanks for the information shared here!
IC has been constituted recently for CBSE inspection. I have referred to the annexure that you have mentioned to prepare the file. My query here is:
Do we need to show the balance sheet of the society as well which runs the school? or just the balance sheet of school would suffice here.

Actually we didn’t complete the defeciences which cbse mentioned till now.Now there is almost 6 months is over but there is no reply from CBSE about our draft whether they cut some amount and given us the rest amount or they will not give any amount.We had submitted 75000/- Rs as a draft with the application.

Hi Sandeep,
What you are saying doesn’t happen normally, your case seems to be an anomaly. Nevertheless, I suggest you write a registered letter and also send an email to CBSE asking the reasons for deficiencies. Money doesn’t come back.

We had applied for the CBSE Affiliation and after inspection they have given us 3 months time to complete all our defeciences in the documents.I want to know now IS CBSE will return our Draft money or not.

Hi Raman,
This is how you can reach a possible figure
1) Calculate the number of facilities you planing to build
2) Start putting their length & breadth to calculate area
3) Take a figure of Rs 1500 as a multiplier (this will include everything) electrical/plumbing/whitewash and tiling.
4) for the playground & Garden take a multiplier of Rs 100, this would take care of landscaping/ Multiplay equipments and Playgrounds.

Respected sir
First of all let me thank you for providing this usefull information,its really helpful.
Sir,i am keen to know does opening a school from preschool to std 4th or 5th need cbse affiliation ?
Can we start school after getting state affiliation?
What if one doesn’t get affiliation from cbse ?
My all queries are in context of pre school to 4th std.
Please reply soon
Regards
Aditya anand

Dear Aditya Anand,
Answers
1)
Does opening a school from preschool to std 4th or 5th need cbse affiliation ? – All the schools can start and run without CBSE affiliation. Though the schools cannot start without the state boards affiliation and permission. Please remember, CBSE is can-have board not a must have board.
2)
Can we start school after getting state affiliation? – No you cannot.
3)
What if one doesn’t get affiliation from cbse ? – No love lost, you can very well carry on under the state board or some other board like ICSE, IB etc.

Your Comment
sir good evening,
my queries about my newly started School
1, How many class room requier for Nursery to std x.
2.The stairs height is what inch.
3.Construction built area is 21000 sqrft, is it enough for affilation and it is complet three star building?
please guide,
Birasen,

Dear Mr Behera,
Answers to your queries
1, How many class room requier for Nursery to std x.- One room each per class multiplied by number of section. In addition to that you have to build library, office space, labs, activity rooms and staff rooms.
2.The stairs height is what inch.- Ask your civil contractor, CBSE doesn’t have a say in this.
3.Construction built area is 21000 sqrft, is it enough for affilation and it is complet three star building? – Yes should be enough, just make sure the land measures more than 1.5 Acres.

Dear Mr Abhiney,
Many many thanks for providing appropriate information regarding establishment of CBSE school. I am planning to start up school ( nursery to class XII ).It shall be of immense help if you pls elaborate on below mention concern :
1. Which mode i.e Society or Educational Trust will be relevant to establish school. ( keeping in view grants & aids by govt.)
2.How much area is required to be constructed initially to start with primary section.
3.Do permission of state government & cbse affiliation required to start classes from beginning. ( As per guideline issued by CBSE for NOC after High Court Order ).
4.If we lease out property for 30 year to society would that property remain eligible to get loan for construction of building.

1. Which mode i.e Society or Educational Trust will be relevant to establish school. ( keeping in view grants & aids by govt.) – Both are equally eligible.

2.How much area is required to be constructed initially to start with primary section. – Depends on your vision and facilities. Also depends on numbers of sections and size of classrooms. Since there are many factors one can’t say how much is enough. But as a thumb rule a normal classroom will be around the size of 20 X 25.

3.Do permission of state government & cbse affiliation required to start classes from beginning. ( As per guideline issued by CBSE for NOC after High Court Order ). – Nothing in CBSE would move without the state government’s affiliation and permission. A school cannot start to operate without State Govt’s approval.

4.If we lease out property for 30 year to society would that property remain eligible to get loan for construction of building. – Yes, I have got it done for my school.

My name is Surendra Shukla & i have Some queries, i want to open a school from play school to class 5th on a rented building so do i need to take a permission from CBSC or i simply take a permission from state government and start it and if your answer is yes on this so kindly let me know what would be the registration fee and if i want to start it in April 2016.how many days or month prior should i submit my application to the state government office to get an approval, please guide

To start a school (which has classes beyond KG II) you have to take permission from the state education board. CBSE will only consider institutes for affiliation who have secured permission from the state board. For State Government registration Fee and all I would not be able to comment as you have to figure that one out on your own. They have a certain performa you have to fill before you apply for affiliation / recognition from the state board, have a look at it and evaluate your readiness and fill the form asap. Best of luck

Sir,
Thank you for your time spared for me sir.Since we dont know the procedure, your advice is most worthy for us sir.Query is regarding only fencing the campus on all sides and we have furnished that before itself sir.
We will get the affiliation through online or we have to go in person directly sir.

Hi Sir,
We are running a school following CBSE curriculum upto 8th standard and we have recieved the NOC from the State government. We have finished the process of Inspection by the CBSE board. They sent a query regarding some deficiency for the affiliation and we have furnished the query with the correct response by 10 days before through hard copy & soft copy. Since we have no reponse, we have to go in person directly or if they expecting any bribe amount in the CBSE head office.If so how much.. Please revert me to my mail-id

Dear Harish,
Don’t bother your affiliation will come through, keep a track of the status of your application online. Since you have not stated the nature of the deficiency I am assuming they are of the type which can be taken care by making some investment in the school. There is no bribe involved if the school has nothing to hide plus I don’t deal with such cases where bribe is involved.

sir,
our school is from 8 to 12 std, state affiliated.we want to start it from first std(2015-2016).can we start it in cbse without permission of state government or without NOC from state government. if yes then how to apply?

Dear Pravin,
The answer to your query is ‘NO’. We cannot start s school and get it CBSE Affiliated without the permission of start board. So on case of you are starting a school I suggest that you apply for state board affiliation, subsequently apple for NOC and later apply for CBSE.

I want 1) Norms & guideline for Secondary School by CBSE ( 6-10)
2) magazine recommended by CBSE
3) How to Setup Library Example : Which type of books with minimum quantity ( Like per student,etc.) so please help me sir

Dear Amer, Answers to your queries
1) Norms & guideline for Secondary School by CBSE ( 6-10) – Read the Bye Laws provided by the CBSE, it is all there.
2) magazine recommended by CBSE – For Library there are no set publication recommended by CBSE, though a school is expected to have about 10-15 different magazines in the library
3) How to Setup Library Example : Which type of books with minimum quantity ( Like per student,etc.) – A school library should have 5 books per student is the strength of the school is more than 400 students else a minimum of 2000 books are required. All of this is mentioned in the bye laws. For choice of books I have written a small post here on School Library, you can go through http://brightoninternational.in/teachclub/list-of-publishers-and-contacts-for-your-school-library/

Dear Abhiney,
Thanks for the detailed information provided regarding opening of a CBSE school. I have the following queries.
My school in Bengaluru already has State Board affiliation. We want to start a CBSE school up to VIII. We want to procure an official permission letter from CBSE so that we can handle the queries of the parents when they ask about CBSE affiliation. Kindly guide me with the details like the person & the address/ office to which the letter needs to be sent to.
We are trying to get NOC from the state government. Do we need to fulfill any other formality ?
Is the school expected to work on Saturdays? or can we work for longer duration from Monday to Friday & work for 5 days a week?

Dear Sujatha,
Answers to your queries;
1) You have to apply for CBSE affiliation if you wish to secure affiliation. the website is cbseaff.nic.in, if you are looking for a consultant to help you with the process, you can write to me on abhiney@brightoninternational.in

hi abhiney i am aashish jain frm nasik last 4 years i am running school in my city but this year i am planning to open 1st std by natural growth. my current status i hav only trust in my hand no state board permission. can i start 1std or not without permisssion ?
plz rly

Dear Shakuntala,
The minimum land requirement in Bhopal is 1.5 Acres. There are no set guidelines for constructed area, as it all depends on the strength of the school which evolves over a period of time. But one has to make provisioning for playgrounds etc. A good approximation will be a construction of about 25,000 – 40,000 sq Feet per floor. You can multiply this by about Rs 1200 inclusive of furniture to get to a ballpark cost.

As consultant we are doing two projects in Bhopal on a turnkey model, let me know if you would require any help in terms of consultancy.

Hi Abhiney,
We have applied for secondary school CBSE affiliation this year in June.
Till date the status of our application is ‘In Scrutiny’.
Do you have any idea by when we can expect the inspection to be plannned?

There is nothing wrong with your application. This is a usual response till the time, they don’t go through all the documents you have submitted and constitute an inspection committee. The file will be under scrutiny for a few more days, if all your documents are in order you will get information to proceed further by November/December. Hang on for such time. Best of luck.

Dear Raghvendra,
You will have to go through the process of affiliation once more. Do visit http://www.cbseaff.nic.in and apply when they start the affiliation process. This time around you have to show requisite teaching staff and Lab details

Respected Sir,
Sir we need your kind guidance to open the school of CBSE from 1st to 10th please guide me about all basics and Documentations/land/building in rural area my address is at pst shirala tal. Paranda Dist. Osmanabad -Maharashatra

you are kindly requested to kindly consider to know the all basics needs of the above concern

Dear Mr Singh,
I don’t think there is any trouble you will face wile changing the composition of your admission. Please go ahead, just build proportionate facilities like boys toilet etc and inform the same to the regional office.

Dear Sir,
I really have to check on this by asking someone else. I checked up on the online application where the type of school is asked. I suggest please go and enquire at the regional office about the procedure, they should be able to help you. In the meanwhile if I receive some information, i shall pass on.

sir,
i have accuired a rented building of 4000 sqft and now planning to open a school in it.i got 3 queries. Can i directly open admissions from play school to class 5 ?? do i need to get cbse affilation for class 1 to 5?? do i need 2 acres and all for nursey to class 5??

Dear Piyush, Answers to your queries
Can i directly open admissions from play school to class 5 ?? – Yes you can. Get affiliation from the state government.
do i need to get cbse affiliation for class 1 to 5?? – CBSE will not give you affiliation on 4000 sq feet plus they don’t have affiliation for Pre School and Pre primary.
do i need 2 acres and all for nursey to class 5?? – YES, the minimum requirement is 1.5 Acres. In case if you are in a Metro the land required for Pre Primary to Class X will be 0.5 Acres (roughly 22,000 square feet)

Hi,
I have answered this question in my blog, restating it again – CBSE affiliation is only possible after the building and school are fully operational, so there is no question about getting in inspected during the construction phase. CBSE is not about only land and building, it is a holistic affiliation of infrastructure, people and processes.

sir thx as ur giving such good guideline to us sir i want to open a school but i dont have any trust in my dis founding social trust is difficult i have a 2 acre land [lease]sufficient funds founding a company then apply is this ok

Hi
We have the main issue that we have a family (charitable) trust. and the second is lease deed of 35 years because i have already constructed building on land that i have owned. The other formalities i prepaired.

Dear Asif,
There is no such guideline on the space required for classes etc. Though in the bye laws they suggest space for class with 45 students, please go through it. Though if you decided keep fewer students than you can go down on the sizes suggested in the bye laws.

In chhattisgarh;Ambikapur;Sakalo
a school New Delhi public school is running upto class 10th from 7 years without any affliation
and school collect a lot of money (fees) on the name of cbse school
please take severe action on them and protect the future of students…..

Dear Mr Malik,
If the land on which the school building is located is more than 1.5 Acres and is leased out to the society/trust running the school for a minimum period of 30 years, you can surely apply for CBSE Affiliation.

Hello sir,
Myself Shivendra Verma residing in Bhilai now a days. sir, i had opened a school in this session only located sub-urban area named Berla dist. Bemetara. As i have an issue i.e. the local district officer of bemetara dist. given a provisional affiliation of 6 months upto class-5. So, i just want to take guidelines from your that is it ok or they will give a permanent afiiliation. I want to explore my school upto class-12 asap. So sir, please guide me what i have to do.
Thanking you.

Vermaji,
It is a little strange that affiliation is securedis for 6 months, normally it for longer duration. I suggest you ask them what is the way forward on this. Yes, state board also gives permanent affiliation.

sir,
can you please tell me about the permission/NOC required before i start constructing my building for school.as i know, state board affilation, DEO permissions are required after i have completed my building, staff etc.
but what permissions do i require before that i.e. before the construction of my school building.
thank you

Thank you for your useful site. I am confused about the difference between accreditation and affiliation. Our school is currently up to 7th standard. Also does affiliation and/or accreditation change your relationship to the local BEO (Board of Education office) office.
thank you for your time and consideration.
Swami Mangalananda

Dear Swamiji,
Affiliation has been existence since the CBSE started its operation, to define it is a process by which a school gets permission to adopt the NCERT framework and also participate in the exams conducted by CBSE for Secondary and Higher Secondary Classes.
Accreditation is what CBSE has introduced a couple of years back to asses and maintain quality amongst the school already affiliated with CBSE.

Does affiliation and/or accreditation change your relationship to the local BEO (Board of Education office) office?
No it doesn’t as you are liable to respond to any query they have regarding the school, affiliation from CBSE doesn’t allow freedom from the health checks the local Education Office might have for your school. Plus they are the custodian of the Right To Education adopted by the Central Government.

Hi Abhiney,
I am planning to start a school in rural place where I born and grew up. I want to provide the quality education to my people. Can you please suggest me what is the procedure to follow the opening a new school.

Hi Abhiney,
I appreatite your contribution which helps people like me, I wanted to establish a private and independent(financed and organized by me)school,I would like to get affliation from CBSE.(My quick question follows.) Does formation of Society apply for my school? with out formation of Society can I start a school and still Aplly for a CBSE affliaction?.

Hi Krishna,
Thanks for the words of appreciation.
Answer to your question –
Does formation of Society apply for my school?
YES, it applies to any school. You have to have a No for Profit Society / Trust running the school.

– with out formation of Society can I start a school and still Apply for a CBSE affiliation?.
Point 1) You cannot start a school in India without a society / Trust (Point 2) since State government will not give you permission in the absence of trust / society question of CBSE doesn’t arise. Anyway for CBSE also this is an essential requirement.

Hi Abhiney
Thank you for sharing useful information and helping us out.
I want to start a pre school from nursery to senior kg.
I have selected a rented premise approx 3000sqft
I wanted to know the following.

1. Do i need an cbse affliation for pre school ? as in we can provide quality education without cbse as well but the students passing out from nursery school(without cbse affliation but intelligent student) will get admission into a cbse school easily ??

2.Any minimum requirement for a pre nursery school to be affliated to cbse?
like we are planning to launch school in prime resedential locality where 2 acre land is not feasible + not required for a preschool.

I hope you get my question in short we do not want to spend a huge money on acquiring 2 acre land.
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